Posted by Joe Mynhardt on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 In : Crystal Lake Publishing
This will probably be my last post about
For the Night is Dark, my very first outing as the publisher of Crystal Lake
Publishing.

After one month on sale, things are winding
down now. And it’s time for me to concentrate on the next project. Or should I
say projects? Unfortunately I can’t share everything with you yet, but I
promise to do so as soon as possible.
So before I leave you, I’d like to share
with you an audio introduction, written by Editor Ross
Warren and read by th... Continue reading...
Posted by Joe Mynhardt on Thursday, April 4, 2013 In : On Writing
I’ve asked myself that question a lot
recently.
During the last several months, I’ve read
and edited a lot of stories, and one thing problem that keeps popping its head
out is which words should be capitalized, and when.
Of course there are the normal ones we all
know of, but then there are the smaller ones we tend to forget or mix up. Some
authors prefer one way over another one, writing it up as a matter of style. I
got so confused after a while that I had to write down the rules f... Continue reading...
Posted by Joe Mynhardt on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 In : Crystal Lake Publishing
I can’t
believe it’s been almost 8 months since I originally came up with the idea for
For the Night is Dark.

Monday, the
first of April, sees the long awaited release of For the Night is Dark. It’s
been a great pleasure to work with all these talented writers, and I can’t wait
to do it again.
The stories
are exactly what you’d expect from such an amazing TOC. So if you’re not scared
of the dark, or love being scared of the dark (like me), then you shouldn’t
miss out on... Continue reading...
Posted by Joe Mynhardt on Sunday, January 20, 2013 In : Hauntings
I recently realised that most of my blog visitors are haunted house
enthusiasts, which of course is a good thing, since I’m a horror writer and
enthusiast myself. I’m also getting a lot more traffic on this website because
of it.
So first of all, I’d like to say hi. Thanks for reading my blog. And to
say thanks, I decided to start a new page on my website, specifically for
haunted houses. Joe’s Most Haunted will take you to the thin line between reality
and fiction. Every now and ... Continue reading...
Posted by Joe Mynhardt on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 In : Hauntings
So
what do ghosts and dead presidents have in common?
Apparently
they all stay here:

Built
in 1885, it’s no wonder the place is haunted.

It’s
been quite a while since I last went on a ghost tour or visited the regular haunted
spots around Bloemfontein, South Africa. I’ve been so busy writing and editing
lately, that I sometimes forget about my other interests. Which of course is
something we should all be watching out for.

So
last weekend, when the opportunity to visit a pla... Continue reading...
Posted by Joe Mynhardt on Friday, December 28, 2012 In : Hauntings
It’s been a while
since I’ve blogged about haunted spots in Bloemfontein, South Africa, but since
there is now an increased interest among the locals and a few new spots
available, you can expect to read a lot more of my haunted experiences in the
months to come.

Today’s blog is
about two spots very close together, and their names are actually Afrikaans, so
I hope my direct English translations will suffice. The reason these two spots
are so close together is because they both stood ... Continue reading...
Posted by Joe Mynhardt on Sunday, November 25, 2012 In : My Fiction
Every year MyWritersCircle.com, a writers’ forum I help moderate (also
where I started my writing journey in 2008), publishes an anthology for
charity. This year it was my great pleasure to choose the charity that would
receive 100% of all the money collected from sales.

Tales from the Circle is written by the members of MyWritersCircle, and
includes stories in various genres, including of course horror. Seriously, what
book couldn’t do with a bit of horror? The book is available her... Continue reading...
Posted by Joe Mynhardt on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 In : My Fiction
Last
week I was tagged into ‘The Next Big Thing’ blog tour by Carole Johnstone, where each writer
answers the same questions about their next book, then tags another couple of
writers to do the same the following week. Since my next book is a collection
of short stories I’ll be editing, I altered the questions just a little bit.
Hopefully the... Continue reading...
Posted by Joe Mynhardt on Sunday, November 18, 2012 In : My Fiction
After dozens of successes and failures since I started writing in 2008,
I can’t say I wasn’t pleasantly surprised when I received my very first writing
award just the other day. It was a small trophy from a local writers’
association here in Bloemfontein, South Africa. 
It isn’t much, compared to some of the prestigious and often
controversial awards out there, but for a South African second language horror
writer, it means quite a lot, especially since I put in almost the same n... Continue reading...
Posted by Joe Mynhardt on Saturday, November 17, 2012 In : My Fiction
As a
writer, every day has so many possibilities in store. And what a privilege it
is to work with amazing authors. I wonder if anyone knows exactly why horror authors
are such friendly people.

Anyway,
next year I’ll have the great privilege of editing my very first anthology,
Fear the Reaper. The cover was done by the amazingly talented Ben Baldwin, and
the introduction will be written by Gary McMahon.
And what an amazing TOC:
Gary Fry
Jeff Strand
Rick Hautala
Joe McKinney... Continue reading...
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